 What next? Ricky Gervais. Gervais? Is that how you say? Gervais? Gervais? I don't know. I'm bad at pronouncing names. I don't know if you saw this, but this was at the the Foreign Correspondents' dinner where they hand out prizes to actors and actresses and everything. And this is the fifth time he has stood up on stage and been the emcee of the event. He has made it a habit as being emcee to to insult the audience, to insult Hollywood, to insult the actors, to insult the institution. And there's a sense in which Yay! This is great. They deserve it. This is the Golden Globes, right? They deserve it. And there's a sense in which why? So I'll talk about both, right? So let's start with the with it with the why. Things like the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the emcees, the different celebrations. The celebrations Ricky Gervais is a leftist. How can he be an objectivist? I mean, he's a completely not a leftist. He's a support of Corbett, Jeremy Corbett in England. He himself said, after a fact, he said, I agree with all these people. He's just making fun of them. But he agrees with them. Here's the thing. All these awards ceremonies are really cool. They are celebrations of achievement. They're celebrations that are beautiful. They're celebrations of you know, of people doing amazing things. Sorry I didn't get the joke about the Ricky being an objectivist type. Too literal, I guess. Being trolled too much, maybe. You know, Inran commented in 1970s when a streaker, you know, somebody naked, ran across the stage of the of the Oscars to you know, as a way to, you know, as a leftist trying to shame the Oscars or whatever, had some political agenda associated with it. And her approach was, that is disgusting. That's so nihilistic. This is a place where people, the beautiful people dress up beautifully. They're talented. They're able, you know, whatever you think of their politics. They make movies. They're entertained. You know, this is a wonderful thing. They're out to celebrate achievement. Now, it's sad that the movies they celebrate are such crap. But the idea of these awards ceremonies and then to hire somebody during the awards to make fun of them, of themselves. It's just undercutting. It's nihilistic. It's it's cheap. It's now It's true that but the the the Oscars have become and all these institutions have become politicized, but they were in the 70s You know, remember What's his name? Yeah, I forget his name now. Anyway, Actors wouldn't come to accept their awards. So it was their one act to send to an American Indian to accept their award as protest for the way America treated the Native Americans. And these are always been platforms of people making stupid political statements and speeches. It was Marlon Brando, that's right. But the fact is that this is a celebration, a celebration of achievement and the kind of humor that that Javais applied It's just inappropriate for that setting. It cheapens the setting. It cheapens its meaning. Now, it's also true that the political speeches they all make cheap in the setting Cheap in the event. I agree. But that doesn't make you double mean you should double up on it So while what he said was pretty funny And while what he said was for the most part true, although he also went after apple And you know sweatshops and all of that because he's a real lefty It's it was so Everybody in the audience was embarrassed. They were squirming in their seats Whether they deserved it or they didn't he made I think cheap Jokes about Epstein, right? They are he's their friend. If he is their friend, that's horrible And it's not something to laugh at It's something that I you know, you wouldn't go in a room with friends of Jeffrey Epstein He made a joke about Yeah, they all flew in their own jet because I guess Jeffrey didn't send his jet to pick them up, right? So there's a whole joke about the Epstein's jets It just I think it cheapens the event. It makes it nihilistic and narcissistic and Now I don't watch these events anymore because of the politics but That's the appropriate response the appropriate response is for the audience not to watch them Because these people make these speeches and they take themselves seriously and they shouldn't be taking themselves seriously Now somebody asked should you vase compromises comedy? No, he shouldn't be asked to do the show It's his style. It's a stylist insult now. I've never liked him. I didn't like the office I thought I I hate it. I hate that kind of humor Um, I hate the kind of humor that just undercuts everything And and particularly the the the the British and American both versions of the office I hate it and his he became famous through the the version of the office the British one I think there's much better British humor His style is nihilistic and he shouldn't be invited to host these shows these shows should be glamorous The humor should be Appropriate for the occasion of glamour. I I like dark humor when it's appropriate Like Monty python has some pretty dark humor and it can be hysterical, but it needs to be in the right context so Again, I'm not that crazy. I'm not you know, well, what he said was true You guys take yourself so seriously. Nobody really cares about what you think about politics Who do you think you are? You have no education. You know, nothing all of that is true the american people Shouldn't care one iota one way or the other What the political views are are people in hollywood. Nobody should pay them attention The the nobody's on steroids Their actors That's great I have no interest in what actors think about politics one or the other I have no interest in what almost anybody thinks about politics Because they're what they are now if there's an actor who's particularly intelligent Who has something intelligent to say then yes, they're interesting not because they're an actor but because they're intelligent But most of these actors are not particularly intelligent when it comes to Beyond the the scope of what they do which is to act and some of them are brilliant actors you know, uh Robert De Niro is an excellent actor. I'm not interested in what he thinks about politics Even if even if you had good politics, I'm not interested Clint Eastwood is a good actor not a great actor and I'm not interested in what he has to say about politics choir actor We we place way too much as a culture and it's a cultural sickness We place way too much importance on what celebrities think about anything. Who cares what Madonna thinks I mean, she's sings you like her music great, but who cares about what she thinks about politics Or even worse the kudrashians who cares about the kudrashians period I mean, what's the talent of the kudrashians that they were born with good genes and they look good There's nothing beyond there's nothing there I I I mean one of the things that shows the extent to which our culture is sick sick And I need to do a show One of the next few shows is I still need to do a show on suicide and the drug epidemic and all this stuff Because our culture is sick and and one of the expressions of that is the obsession with celebrity The obsession with celebrity You want to ask a question? There is a super chat particularly those of you don't support the show You super chat that's the way I'll ask answer your question So I think modern culture is Sad and pathetic Sad and pathetic And and again, it's reflected in the fact that We care so much about what these people think any of these people instead of just in you know enjoying What good they produce and many of them don't even produce anything good. All right, let's see So Gervais said some funny things, but I think completely inappropriate for the setting Um what we need today what I call the new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think Meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason By the intellect not by feelings wishes women's or mystic revelations Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's Out of the spare cynicism and impedance and does not intend to give up the world To the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist Broads using the super chat and I noticed yesterday when I appealed For support for the show. Many of you step forward and actually Supported the show for the first time. So I'll do it again. Maybe we'll get some more today Um, if you like what you're hearing if you appreciate what I'm doing Then I appreciate your support. Uh, those of you who don't yet support the show Please take this opportunity. 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